Page Two B Ste WORKERS NEWS May i7, 1935 Defence News | Rush Defence Funds w Grateful to €.L.D-L. VANCOUVER, May 16.—The foi- VANCOUVER, May. 15.—iIn a lowine monies have been received jetter addressed to the Canadian La- in response fo an appeal of the bor Defense League the twenty- DEG. Wiss. $2.14; G. Bald- eight relict camp workers released win, $9.00: G. Farrell, $9.25; Wanai-|from Okalla Jail. after serving mo and District, $88.67; W.L.L., Na-| ninety davs for eating in restaur— maimo, $14.35; P. Collingwood, $4.40; ants without payment, have stated Gentre Branch C.L.D.L., Vancouver, | the following: $25.85 Sunbury Branch C.L-D-L., Dear Comrades: $3.00; Jugo-Slav DGranch Go se Writing in behal— of the tventy- Wancouver, $2.36; Coghiand Brench HOU siu0 61-007. Joranceton Branch C.L.D.L., $6.12, making a grand total of $166.14. The enthusiasm shown by these branches, organizations and jndividual workers in collecting the above funds should serve as a incen- tive to those branches which lag bhe- hind in expressing solidarity with victims of the class struggle. Now is the time for all branches to rally ¢heir membership to collect funds svith which to combat the attacks on strugsling workers. Rush funds to the District Office so that we can be in a position to appeal the yic- jous sentences handed out by the fascist Magistrate Phillips of Corbin. Cumber Up Monday VANCOUVER, May 16.—E. Cum- ber, secretary of the Relief Camp Workers’ Union, is scheduled to ap- pear at the New Westminster as- sizes on Monday, May 20th. Gor- don Grant, C.L.D.L. lawyer, has been retained to defend Cumber and the District Executive Committee urges all New Westminster workers 40 jam the courthouse as 4 mark of solidarity to this working class fighter. Cumber is charged with “optaining relief under an assumed mame” on the testimony of a relief eight relief camp workers who were sentenced to three months hard labor in Okalla Jail and who were released last Saturday, we wish to thank the C.L.D.l. sincerely for the tobacco, that was sent in to us. We certainly all that your organization has done. Qur sojourn in Okalla did not-for one minute dampen our Spirits as regards working class organization and we are determined to carry on the strugele along with the rest ot our fellow strikers. Comradely yours, J. CAMPBELL. last February ete:, appreciate Prince George Arrests PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., May 16. —(By wire)—In an effort to frame four unemployed strikers, police are charging them with assaulting Pol- ice Officers. Unemployed single workers of Prince George have been on strike since May ist for increased relief allowances to meet the rising swered by a hail of bullets fired by the police. The four workers haye been released on $5,00 bail each. eamp foreman and 2 conviction in this case ‘will set a preeedent under which hundreds of camp workers will be affected. Jubilee For The Workers While our own R. B. Bennett has with the King and Queen we would like to the figures shown below, so t been supping and dining draw attention to hat employed and unemployed alike may have no misunderstanding as to the amount of “doles” paid to the Royal family and that paid to the workers who are unemployed: THEIR DOLES FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS King and Queen, $2,250,000 yearly, or $47,350 weekly. Prince of Wales, $330,000 yearly or $6.600 a week. Duke of Kent and Marina (newlyweds), $125,000 yearly. First Child, if any, $50,000 yearly or $1,000 weekly. UNEMPLOYED DOLE Man and Wife, $6.00 Single Man (if lucky) $3.03 %4 Worker’s child, 50 cents weekly. The total “dole” paid to the Royal family for a year is three million dollars. Is there any wonder that the workers of Great Britain during the Royal Jubilee pointed out that a handful of Royalty receive more than 10,000 families of the poor get for a year. BRITISH MINERS’ CHILDREN TO BE DEPORTED TO AUSTRALIA Fathers Killed In Mine, Mothers to Remain in England Gov’t Wrecks Workers’ Lives and Homes LONDON, Ens, May 11 (ALP)— Miners of the Gresford collieries have gone on strike against the open- ing of the mines and against the frutal plan of the government and the colliery ownerS to deliberately break up homes and send miners’ “children to Australia while leaving their widowed mothers in England. Tt was at the Gresford mines that the greatest disaster in the history of British collieries occurred last September. The mines were sealed at that time with the bodies of 265 wvorkers still lying in the stopes and at the bottom of the shafts. When the company attempted to open the mine again a few weeks ago, it was found to be full of gas and water. Wages offered for the extremely dangerous work of repair— ing the wrecked workings were the minimum offered to miners in other safer mines, approximately $1.75 2 day, the minimum allowed in the district by law. At the same time local authorities dictated to by the coal operators, proposed to send the children of the dead miners to the Fairbridgse Farm Sehool in Australia, 11,000 miles away. The mothers of the children, backed by the strikers, are demand- ing that either the children be leit jn England and provision made for the families, or the mothers be sent to Australia with them and that pro- vision be made for them there. The miners are insisting that a settlement be made with the moth- and the question of safety in the Gresford mine. ; The disaster of last September, followed by the proposal to separate the mothers and children, provide a flaring example of how capitalism wrecks homes, first by killing the fathers due to unsafe conditions in the mines, and then by the action ef the municipal authorities. NEW WESTMINSTER HELPS CAMP BOYS Last Sunday, May 12th, there was a well attended meeting held by the WNew Westminster Committee of Ac- tion on behalf of the camp workers at Albert Crescent. Speakers from the C-C.I., SP.of C., the Communist Party and others were present. The striking camp workers gave a vivid picture of the camps. Loud speakers were available which made it com- fortable for the audience who could sit around on the grass in the sun- shine. GREETINGS! A belated greeting was received from Todowyrnazu a couple of weeks azo, and was overlooked. We take ereat pleasure in recording the pro- letarian ereetings of these revolu- tionary workers who are organized for the liberation of the toiling popu- lation of the Western Ukraine from the yoke of the Fascist Polish rule. ATTENTION, FOLKS! The Harold Wynne Pioneers holding a Street, to are bazaar at 1273 Granville tonight, Priday. the Children’s for Vancouver, raise funds for Summer Camp, and “Always ers, aside from the wage question! Ready.” Everyone of a good time. will be assured cost of living and have been an— SHORT JABS The opening sentence of a mes- sage from Iron-Heel Bennett reads. “The progress industry has been an inspiration to Canadians.’ These words were not penned in admiration of the strug- sles of the Flin Flon, Noranda and Corbin miners who were “inspired” by the progress of Caanda’s mining industry, to object to living in dos- boxes with their wives and families and now find themselves either hospitals or jails. Wo! Bennett coneratulating himself and the other parasites who Shared in the “divid- ing up” of the 1334 million dollars profit made during the first three months of this and the 474% millions made last year out of the toil of the hard-rock miners. Min- ing has been a fairy god-mother to Canada, they proclaim. Gold has been to them the bright shining spot in the sloom that settled on all capitalist lands in 1929, and the lat- est figures of the metal mining in- dustry justify their hosannas. of Canada’s mining in is year ca a + Hard times, depression, breadlines, relief camps, hunger, these things may exist in Canada, but not so you would notice if you one of the owners of a Cana- gold mine. Profits for 1934 from the Lake Shore in the Kirk- land Lake group were over 7 mil- jion dollars; from the Mollinger, 634. millions; the Dome, 3 1-3 millions. The Hollinger has been operating for 26 years and in that period has paid 73 millions in dividends. The Lake Shore has only been worked since 1918, but the fat boys got 35 million dollars out of it; the Dome, 21 millions; Tech Hughes, 21 mil- lions, and the Macintyre 14 mil- lions. All told the miners in Can- ada up till the end of 1934 have pro- vided the mine owners with 607% Million dollars to keep them out or the relief camps. starvation — were dian = = B. G. mine workers have nobly done their share—donating 128 mil- lion dollars in dividends alone, with- out counting the value of the mines and mills they built and the taxes they paid. The Premier mine has been operating for 16 years and has paid 18 million dollars in dividends. The Pioneer, which is a new mine, paid last year $2,293,880 profit — $190,000 a month. Sixty-eight thou- sand dollars per month covered ail expenses, jucludinge wages ~ and everything else. At Bralorne, about 134 million dollars production, {he same ratio obtains. That is why the Pioneer and Bralorne miners are on strike today. They have no fairy-godmother; they have to fight for every nickel, every increase in wages, every improvement in their living and working conditions. The only thing the mine bosses grant them without a fight is miners con- sumption. They cannot say with R. B. Bennett, “God has been ood to me,’ and to show that they realize this, and are trusting only in themselves, they chased Adam Bell out of the country for his efforts on behalf of the mine-owners. + with ‘% % The owners of these mines are mostly Vancouver capitalists. The “Sun” once made a boast of the number of millionaires that made Vancouver their hang-out: There were over a hundred of them. - A929 disposed of some of them, but there are still a number of them batten- ing on the workers of B.C. Some of them were “lumbermen,” the most grasping gang of bandits and highjakers that were ever jet loose on the natural resources of this or any other country. They dispoiled jhe forest wealth and developed the most efficient black-listing system that ever prevented a worker from connecting up with the necessities of life. Along with these timber barons were sSlave-driving contrac- pirates, cattle rustlers stock swindlers, real estate oil snivelling tradesmen, Citizen’s Com- mittee scoundrels, political grafters and prehensile patriots. tors, fishery and horse-thieves, gamblers, sharks, * * * Since “gold” has been the bright spot they have gravitated to the mining industry in a body, and the blacklist is now being used to pre- yent any organization among the miners. Since a miner must have a fovernment certificate he cannot change his name and when he is put on the “honor list” for organiz- i he is out of the ing or industry for good. Pioneer and Gra- acitating, lorne, however, prove that the pre- cautions of the bosses will not stop workers from militant organizing Strikes, and the striking miners at Bridse River will come out of this strugsle, organized, successful, and qa knowledge of the strength that organization gives. with = How about the drive for the “B.C. Don’t wait till the * % Workers News’? RELIEF OFFICER GETS REVENGE Starves Children, Satis- fies Long Grudge CLOVERDALE, B.C., May 14.-— Last Saturday a committee of three took up the case of a worker with the relief officer here in order to set him and his family relief. This poor man is the father of a family of six kiddies, and was denied relief because the relief officer held a long petty personal gruagge against him. In order to satisfy his monstrous the relief officer Starve to death not only but also his wife and six children. The officer claims that the man is mot a willing worker. As a matter of fact thes=man has only one lung and poor health, through undernourishment. After three and a half hours argu- ine back and forth, we were able fo get him relief” for his family for This shows the need for organization and for mass action. revenge, would the man suffers one week. NOTICE To whom it may concern: By a majority vote it was decided to dissolve the organization known as the “Women’s and Girls’ Club.” Tsrom now on we will not be respon- sible for any party or parties using that name. May 10, 1935. Signed: Mrs. D. A. McCullough; A. Head; L. Campbell (past secretary); M. Dayid- son (past financial secretary); M. MeCullough; Mrs. B. Marr (past president). Yorkston Relief Strike Wins Increases YORETON, Sask., May 2 (ALP)— The strike is over. The unemployed have won their victory. Increases in relief, open voucher system, and changes work conditions have been gained. Sheer determined miili- tancy and strong unity have been the weapons which the workers used to win their struggle. Before the strike there waS no set scale of re- lief, and a family of nine was given as low as $1.49 for one week. The new weekly scale, while still inade- quate, is a good advance. in Edm’ nton Food Workers On Sirike EDMONTON, Alta., May 10 (ALP) —Seventeen single unemployed men, including leaders of the Single Men’s Unemployment Protective Associa- tion and three of the Young Communist League, have been arrested here for picketing cafes where strikes are in progress. Up until now, 33 restaurants have signed with the Food Workers’ In dustrial Wnion, while three still re fuse. Picketing continues of these showine is being workniz members in front with the girl employees great militancy. The union class sentiment with the strikers is high. DIGEST OF LETTERS From Princeton we have received a letter dealin= with the strike and the delegation to Tim Giunan and the action to force first aid kits on the jobs. This is dealt with else- where. A news item was sent in by a worker from Wictoria on the parade of the King’s Jubilee there. He states that the camp workers stole most of | the real attention. Medals awarded to Premier Pattullo, Major General Ashton, military command- ing officer of Slaye Camps, Justice MacDonald, now head of the com- mission “‘inyestigating”’ slave camps, and some other lesser tyrants. were Little Peter again writes us of his conversation with his mother. Phis time it is about an empty house, and the need for the Roberts family having access to a house like it. Peter's mother explains that the Trust Company won’t let them because they haven't got enough money to pay the rent, ete. Space will not allow us to print the whole conversation. GERMAN WAR PREPARATIONS LONDON, April 30 (ALP)—A Ger man pilot flying over Italian Sesto Calende, air an im- portant aeroplane centre, was forced down to- day by six Italian military aero- planes. The flier, who had in his possession, two cameras, Was ar- rested. first of June; start sending in dona- tions or subs right away. Become “sub-conscious” and wide-awake at the same time, — mark them “Ol’ Sill ce built and consolidated, and’ Comradeship. A Tegion member who has made application to join the LGeazgue states he received an eviction notice just through another Lesionaire who is a lawyer. This form of comradeship so disgusted him he decided to join a real working class veterans’ organi— zation. Welcome, comrade! He has many friends who feel the same way about it and the possibilities are good for a group in his neighbor- hood. ; Jazo Branch of the League sends in for fifty copies of ““Bennett’s Bili versus the Workers’ Bill.” We think all Vets would do well to make a study of this pamphlet. tributory Won-con- insurance is a vital issue for ex-servicemen. Legion. Reports from the Bast indicate that the Legion is setting up a So=- called ‘‘Policy Committee”’—an anti- | working class move to organize scabs against so-called Reds. Who are these Reds?—only your fellow work— er who puts up a fight to maintain a decent living standard. Veterans, don’t let the Legion fool you’ with that worn-out bogie—the “Reds.” Women. The Centre Branch of the Work- ers Hx-Servyicemens League is going to re-establish the Women’s Aux- jiliary and asks all ex-seryicemen’s wives who wish to help to call at 122-A West Hastings Street. Time of first meeting will be announced later. Wext business meeting of the Cen tre Branch W.H:S.L. will be May 22nd at 8 p.m., 122-A West Hast- ings Street. : Wanaimo WVets A Veteran from Nanaimo writes congratulating the W-.E.S.L. on their stand against the Jubilee celebra- tions. He also dedicates a poem to the occasion, “Lo those who made me a KILLER.” Space does not al- low of publication. We would ask this comrade to write of the prob- lems of the ex-servicemen in his dis- trict. Clothing. The proyincial secretary of the Workers Ex-servicemen’s League has received the following reply to their claim for married vets to get ‘the same treatment in the issuing of clothes as has been granted to ihe single men, namely, to send in their names and not have to wait in line. “Wear Sir beg to inform you that letter of March 8th re the regu- | lations soverning the issue of cloth- ing to relief recipients, has been placed before the Special Commiuttiee appointed to imyestigate the affairs of the Relief Department, and will be further considered by the com- mittee jn due course. Yours faithfully, W. L. Woodford, City Clerk.” Pictures Don’t Lie The secretary informs me that he has had several replies to communi- cations Since the big parade of vets on May Day and May 6th. These replies are quite a while overdue. A show of strength brings recogni- tion. Many complaints have come jn as to who reported only 400 vets the May Day parade. The writer of this column did not send that report to the ‘“‘Worker.” Pic- tures of the Ex-servicemen on Mey Day can be had at 122-4 West Hast- Street, W-E.S.L. office. Ten eents each. in ings Friendly Competition. OV Bill last week readers column taining suggests his send in donations to his during the drive for a sus- fund for the B.C. Workers News. The paper needs our sup- port. How about the Ex-seryicemen readers of “Iron Rations” starting in friendly competition. Let's hear from you. “Contemptibles” It is reported that there are some “old contemptibles”’ doing duty against the camp workers outside Hudson’s Bay store in Vancouver. The following have been reported to be on active service: Cann, Prittee, Walker, Leopold, Middleton, Reeves, Bruster. These Guardsman who piled arms when the order was out for the Guardsmen to £0 to fight the Rus- sian workers immediately after the revolution. sent We are glad to report that most of the rank and file of the veterans in the ex-soldiers’ organizations re- fuse to do this ‘‘duty”’ and are solid names were reported by a Grenadier WOMEN’S COLUMN Conducted by Peggy Harrisor MOTHER’S DAY Behind a banner which demanded the abolition of the relief camps, nearly one thousand xyomen marched on Mothers Day from Cambie Grounds to Stanley Park, where a huge crowd heard various women speakers tell why the mothers of Vaneouyer are solidly behind the boys in their fight for decent condi- tions. The Mothers’ Day Committee, which was initiated by the Women’s Labor League, brought a proposal to the meeting that a delegation of twenty-five women interyiew Mayor MeGeer on Monday to demand im- mediate relief for the boys and the opening of negotiations. Law of God Not in City Council. The City Council refused to hear the delegation, but the women waited till the council meetin=e was over and foreed the Mayor to listen. He promised nothing, and stated that the law of the city would not permit him to grant relief. In re- ply to a woman who said that the law of God was that men should be fed, the Oxford Group Mayor re- plied that the law of God wouldn't work in the city council. When the delegation reported the above to the Women’s meeting held on Tuesday afternoon at the Hagles Hall, and a further report made that Mayor McGeer would be in the pul= pit of Roddan’s church next Sun- day, a great deal of indignation was expressed at the hypocrisy of the Mayor, and a delegation, including women who attend Roddan’s church, was elected to interview the Rev. Mr. Roddan and ask him to refuse the pulpit to Mayor McGeer. Fail- ing this, the women signified their intention of leaving the Church in a body when the Mayor starts to speak. Was The women feel that, although Mother's Day is past, the need for unity is greater than ever. A fur- ther meeting will be arranged by the Mother’s Day Committee, to be an- nounced at Cambie Grounds on Thursday at 2 p.m. Jac Day Was Successful. The Mother’s Day Committee re- ports that a collection of $962.65 was made on the tag day, and $146.54 on Sunday at Stanley Park. Maillard- ville collected $17.00 on the tag day. Expenses for both days were under $150.00. The Mothers Day Committee wishes to thank all those who helped to make the tag day, parade and meeting a success, and also those who responded to their call for in- vitations for the boys. Hitler Forces Girls Into Agricultural Study BERLIN, May 6—Three hundred and thirty thousand girls between the ages of 16 and 33 years are being foreed zo labor on farms. Hitler's frantic efforts to “adjust the nomic problems of Germany” by at- tacks on the German workers and particularly the young workers is exemplified by this move to force the youth into the ranks of the nov- ecty-stricken peasantry. e€co- «Salmon Arm, B.C. _ A mass parade was held here and poor farmers. The Workers’ the days’ celebration. A organized by the workers CAMP BOYS' BENEFIT DANCE day, the 6th, and was 2 great suc cess. services and everything the camp boys.—Ward Pive Corr. GRAND CONCERT The Vancouver Council of Unem ployment will hold a grand concer everyone. 51, 163 West Hastings Street. May Day of more than 500 workers Sports Association greatly assisted rodeo helped to liven things up at the Ex- hibition Grounds. All events were them- selves. Some of the farmers came forty miles to participate in the May Day celebrations at Saimon Arm. A dance for the benefit of the camp boys was held in Pinder Hall at Joyce Road, Vancouver, last Mon- The orchestra donated their pointed to the mass support being rendered to at the Moose Hall on Burrard Street May 3ist at § p.m. Tickets are 15 cents each. A high class program is being arranged that will please Tf your organization has mot fot tickets get them at Room When you Haye read this paper, Kiddies Cordes | SCHOGL STRIKE AT ALEXANDRA SCHOOL On Monday, April 29, the children of Alexandra Schocl decided to go on strike for one hour in sympath: with the Relief Camp . Workers’ strike. In the morning all the or- ganizers went around the children (# telling them to be ready to go out. = Everyone in my room said that * they would go on strike, except five childiren who refused to ¢o. When we came back at noon everyone was ready to go out on 4] strike at 2:15. As I am a Pioneer I felt it was my duty to lead th class out. When we got in the reom the teacher heard there wa going to be a strike and she lec- tured the class for forty minutes against going out. She said some things that made the children fright— ened. ‘ All the boys and girls were saying that I would get cold feet and I would be too frightened to lead the class-out. The things that the teach. er said made me kind of shaky, but I said to myself that it was the dw of every Pioneer to stand firm wh they knew the children were depend- ing on them. The Signal A girl who had a watch gave mi the signal that it was 2:15. Before the teacher had told us if we wen on strike she would just So on with her work just -the same and no bother with us. In a little while } stood up and said: “Teacher, we ar going on strike in sympathy wit the Relief Camp “Workers.” soon as I said that she said, “Al right class, read the next verse.” She did that to drown me out. Qui a few children followed me out, bu I thought it wasn’t enough, so stood at the door and said, “‘Comi out, all of you that said you woul and don’t be yellow.” When TI sai that, more pupils came and the were 18 pupils left in the roo There are 43 pupils in our room, ; we got more than half of the room out. Principal Intimidates Simking : Children We started to walk around the school when the principal came out and gave us a talking ‘to. Wi wouldn’t